As our country comes to terms with the damage caused by our excessive reliance on punishment as a response to crime, the use of the criminal law to sustain racial hierarchies, and the ways the justice system has undermined our democracy and weakened communities,
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Thanks for being brave and doing the right thing. We have the largest prison population in the world by a huge margin and destroyed more lives than it's helped. We can do our part to address the conditions that lead to crime or we can fill our prisons even more like we've been.
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Replying to @legendofcheese @chesaboudin
Don't forget about letting current criminals off with no accountability.
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Replying to @WillyNaakt @chesaboudin
I see we're still using "criminals" as code for black people. Not much has changed since FDRs day. Well, the prison population has exploded, that's helped, right?
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Replying to @legendofcheese @chesaboudin
Lol, if Chesa wants to start a pilot project of charging white criminals instead of charging no criminals, I'd be for it.
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Replying to @WillyNaakt @chesaboudin
We've tried it. Didn't work and only destroyed lives. Guess which communities it impacts the most.https://www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/how-1994-crime-bill-fed-mass-incarceration-crisis …
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Don't believe the lie that Chesa boudin is not pressing charges. https://jkalven.medium.com/dont-believe-the-lie-that-da-boudin-is-not-bringing-charges-4e8a8c2a1fe6#:~:text=It's%20true%20that%20Boudin%20has,public%20urination%2C%20and%20sex%20work ….
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Replying to @netfire4 @legendofcheese and
Don't believe the lie that "crime is down" either.pic.twitter.com/0aki22eMqx
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Replying to @wantactionnow @legendofcheese and
Paul Retweeted Susie Neilson
Crime is down in sf, especially when compared with our surrounding sister cities.https://twitter.com/susieneilson/status/1378059503736778753?s=20 …
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Susie NeilsonVerified account @susieneilsonReplying to @susieneilson @socallegaleagl1 @meganrcassidyThe broader point is D.A. policies don't appear to have the same effect on crime rates as bigger events like the pandemic and recession. See our chart on San Francisco vs. Sacramento - in Sac, with a more traditional D.A., assaults increased and murder rates increased more pic.twitter.com/U1yAj1Wbsg1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
2019 to 2020 isn't interesting. Crime is going up as we speak and that's why people feel unsafe. Cause they are actually less safe.
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